GigaOm vs TechCrunch: Are GigaOm readers any different from TechCrunch?

What can I say, I was curious. To satisfy my own curiosity, I set out to answer the big question — Are GigaOm readers any different from those of TechCrunch? You would think they would be similar, right? Not quite. Read on.. How we measured: We took the Top-20 domains in Jan "˜07 ranked by Attention Share (Attention Share considers all the time we collectively spend online and then determines

What can I say, I was curious. To satisfy my own curiosity, I set out to answer the big question — Are GigaOm readers any different from those of TechCrunch? You would think they would be similar, right? Not quite. Read on..

How we measured:

We took the Top-20 domains in Jan "˜07 ranked by Attention Share (Attention Share considers all the time we collectively spend online and then determines what percentage of that time was spent on a given site). We then separately calculated Attention Share for GigaOm and TechCrunch readers "” which gave us a detailed map of where the two segments choose to spend their time online. We then looked at how GigaOm and TechCrunch readers indexed against the Top-20 domains that average U.S. internet consumers spend most time on.

About the sample data:

GigaOm analysis is based on clickstream data from 190 (anonymous) individuals in Compete’s panel that visited Gigaom.com in January. TechCrunch analysis is based on 431 individuals.

Key Observations:

MySpace.com: Not a big hit with GigaOm and TechCrunch readers compared to the general U.S. craze.